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How to read Jack Kirby's Fourth World: the four titles, 55 issues, release order, the late endings, omnibus contents and the key issues to collect.
Read article →Yelena Belova first appears in Inhumans #5 (1999). Her key issues, from Black Widow #1 to White Widow, the 2023 Thunderbolts, and a collecting order.
Read article →John Walker's first appearance in Captain America #323, the key issues #333, #350 and #354, his miniseries, and how to collect the U.S. Agent arc.
Read article →Red Guardian debuts in Avengers #43 (1967). Follow Alexei Shostakov, the other bearers of the name, and his Thunderbolts and Doomsday path, with key issues.
Read article →Namor has two 1939 first publications: Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 and Marvel Comics #1. Which counts, and how to collect him without 1939.
Read article →Mysterio first appears in Amazing Spider-Man #13 (June 1964). The story, the issue #2 debate, neighbors like #14, reprints and how to approach a copy.
Read article →Man-Thing first appears in Savage Tales #1, a 1971 Marvel black-and-white magazine. Creators, contents, the Comics Code context and what to check before buying.
Read article →M'Baku (Man-Ape) first appears in Avengers #62, March 1969. His comics milestones, how the movie version differs, and how to collect him.
Read article →Ghost's first appearance in Iron Man #219 (1987), who he is in the comics versus Ava Starr on screen, the Thunderbolts issues, and how to collect him.
Read article →Nightcrawler first appears in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975). Follow the key issues from his Mystique and Azazel reveals to his death, return and Doomsday.
Read article →Blade first appears in The Tomb of Dracula #10 (July 1973). What the issue contains, how to spot an original copy, and why it became a key.
Read article →Black Cat first appears in Amazing Spider-Man #194 (July 1979). Creators, story, which variants do and do not exist and how to pick a good copy.
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